Case Study: Learn4Life achieves rapid expansion to 70+ locations and major E‑Rate savings with 8x8

8x8 and E-Rate Program Help Charter School Cut Costs and Grow Rapidly

Learn4Life is a personalized‑learning charter school serving 14,000–18,000 at‑risk students across more than 70 locations in Southern California. Because students rely on short‑term, neighborhood resource centers and distance learning, the organization needed highly reliable, scalable unified communications and participation in the federal E‑Rate program; its previous VoIP provider couldn’t keep up with rapid rollouts or uptime requirements, delaying new site openings and student access.

Learn4Life deployed 8x8’s Virtual Office—including preconfigured phones/routers, videoconferencing, mobile apps and group paging—with E‑Rate support that covers roughly 85–95% of costs. Deployments dropped from six–seven weeks to about 1–2 weeks per site (50+ sites went live within weeks), improving reliability, teacher collaboration and staff productivity while enabling faster expansion and responsive ongoing support.

Learn4Life

Skip Hansen

Senior Vice President, Learn4Life